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[ Level 1 ] Install Indicator-VirtualBox in Ubuntu

You could install indicator-virtualbox to launch virtualbox guest OS. https://launchpad.net/indicator-virtualbox/ http://indicator-virtualbox.en.uptodown.com/ubuntu Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[Level 2] Allow remote display in Ubuntu 12.04/10.04

If you want to allow remote display in Ubuntu 12.04, you have do the following steps: 1. remove "-nolisten tcp" from /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc #[before] $ cat /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp "$@" #[after] $ cat /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc exec /usr/bin/X "$@" 2. add "xserver-allow-tcp=true" into /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf #[before] [SeatDefaults] user-session=ubuntu greeter-session=unity-greeter #[after] [SeatDefaults] user-session=ubuntu greeter-session=unity-greeter xserver-allow-tcp=true 3. restart X 4. allow remote x connection local> xhost + 5. ssh remote server and set DISPLAY local> ssh remote_server remote> export DISPLAY=local_ip:0.0 remote> xclock in 10.04, you have to change above step 2 as the following: 2-10.04: add "DisallowTCP=false" in "security" section. #[before] $ cat /etc/gdm/custom.conf [daemon] TimedLoginEnable=false AutomaticLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=stanley Aut...

[ Level 2 ] Allow VirtualBox guest OS to create symbolic link file in host shared folder.

Allow VirtualBox guest OS to create symbolic link file in host shared folder: $ VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate[absolution path for shared folder] 1 $ VBoxManage setextradata "VM Name" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/[shared name] 1 Ex. $ VBoxManage setextradata "MyVM" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/home/stanley/shared_folder 1 $ VBoxManage setextradata "MyVM" VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/shared_name 1 And you could verify it by command: VBoxManage getextradata "MyVM" enumerate After setup, you have to shutdown VM (not restart) and boot up it again. Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[ Level 1 ] Ubuntu tools for Mac OS.

Here are some useful tools for Mac OS. $ apt-cache search hfs hfsplus - Tools to access HFS+ formatted volumes hfsutils - Tools for reading and writing Macintosh volumes libhfsp-dev - Library to access HFS+ formatted volumes libhfsp0 - Shared library to access HFS+ formatted volumes squashfs-tools - Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems squashfs-tools-dbg - Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems (debug) dmg2img - Tool for converting compress dmg files to hfsplus images hfsprogs - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems hfsutils-tcltk - Tcl/Tk interfaces for reading and writing Macintosh volumes libhfstdc++6-4.6-dbg-armel-cross - GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (debugging files) libhfstdc++6-armel-cross - GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (hard float ABI) rdiff-backup-fs - Fuse filesystem for accessing rdiff-backup archives $ sudo apt-get -y install hfsplus hfsutils hfsprogs $ sudo apt-get -y install dmg2img Other packages for hfs: $ apt-cache search s...

[ Level 2 ] Python with vim

Python with vim: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Vim Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[ Level 1 ] How ansi color in terminal by Python script.

Sample for show ansi color in terminal by Python script. #!/bin/env python import os print os.popen('echo "\033[31m\033[43mHello World!\033[0m"').read() print '\033[31m\033[43m' + 'Hello World!' + '\033[0m' Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[ Level 2 ] Connect pool for ssh.

If you want to use the concept "connection pool" for ssh, you could try the following sample. #!/bin/bash # # You might need to modify sshd_config with the following attributes: # # MaxStartup 200 # MaxSessions 200 # [ "$1" == "-d" ] && set -vx && shift control_master="$1" && [ "$control_master" != "false" ] && control_master=true username="$2" && [ -z $username ] && username=stanley remote_host="$3" && [ -z $remote_host ] && remote_host=127.0.0.1 cmd1="$4"&& [ -z $cmd1 ] && cmd1=ls control_master_option="" client_cmd="/tmp/a.sh" buildControlMaster() { if $control_master then ssh -N -o "ControlMaster auto" -o "ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-$username@$remote_host" $username@$remote_host & fi } createClientCmd() { mkdir -p /tmp/add rm /tmp/add/* $client_cmd if $c...

[ Level 1 ] Customize your vim environment.

You could customize your vim environment by this tools. http://yoursachet.com MEMO: 1. comment "filetype plugin indent on" and "autoindent" to avoid auto indent mess up the indent during past "Python" script code. 2. add, :vmap <C-C>"+y, to enable Ctrl-C to copy text into clipborad. 2-1. $ vim --version | grep xterm_clipboard 2-2. $ sudo apt-get -y install vim-gtk 2-3. $ sudo update-alternatives --config vim 3. add the following settings to set different tab definition with different extension name, autocmd FileType py :setlocal sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 autocmd FileType sh :setlocal sw=2 ts=2 sts=2 Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[Level 3] Network Simulator

Memo it: 1. openWNS: www.openwns.org/Wiki 2. ns-3: www.nsnam.org , ns-3 provides python API to use. Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[ Level 1 ] How to get vim all commands and argument list.

Use command: :help :all :help argument-list Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang

[ Level 2 ] How to edit/display mulit-files in one terminal.

You could use serval ways to do that. 1. :tabe => tab edit. You use tabn/tabN/tabn[#] to change tab 2. :vs => virtical split. Back to command mode (press ESC key) then you use ctrl-w to change window 3. :sp => horizontal split. Back to command mode (press ESC key) then you use ctrl-w to change window To get more help, use commands: :help :tabe :help :vs :help :sp Wish this helps. regards, Stanley Huang